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British Colonization and Urban Planning

Urban Planning

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Despite that the racial segregation in the urban planning and residential areas was one of

the colonial policy's recommendations, the implementation did not take effect immediately – the

enforcements were varied. This was mainly attributed to heavy resistance from the Africans. In

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Freetown, for instance, the British colony constructed a segregated Hill Station at the site of six

hundred and seventy feet above sea level. The Accra city was developed from the urban coastal

center with a relatively educated, powerful, and well-organized African population. However,

the colonial government was forced to withdraw a land bill in 1899 following increased

resistance. The British colony adopted a new approach of ensuring that the role of government-

oriented primarily at facilitating and enabling the operations of the social and economic control

(Bunker, 2014, p.59). This was achieved through ensuring the free circulation and flows of goods

and market flourishing. Nonetheless, the development of buildings for British colonial

residences and official administration were designed and constructed according to the ideas of

segregation.

Social and political control was the primary motive for urban planning exercises of British

colonization.

This paper will focus on exploring how political and social control was a primary motive

for the British urban planning exercise in African cities. A theoretical power framework will be

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1 British Colonization and Urban Planning Urban Planning Adams State University Abstract Despite that the racial segregation in the urban planning and residential areas was one of the colonial policy's recommendations, the implementation did not take effect immediately – the enforcements were varied. This was mainly attributed to heavy resistance from the Africans. In BRITISH COLONIZATION AND URBAN PLANNING 2 Freetown, for instance, the British colony constructed a segregated Hill Station at the site of six hundred and seventy feet above sea level. The Accra city was developed from the urban coastal center with a relatively educated, powerful, and well-organized African population. However, the colonial government was forced to withdraw a land bill in 1899 following increased resistance. The British colony adopted a new approach of ensuring that the role of governmentoriented primarily at facilitating and enabling the operations of the social and economic control (Bunker, 2014, p.59). This was achieved through ensuring the free circulation and flows of goods and market flourishing. Nonetheless, the development of buildings for British colonial residences and official administration were designed and constructed according to the ideas of segregation. Social and political control was the primary motive for urban planning exercises of British colonization. This paper will focus on exploring how political and social control was a primary motive for the British urban plan ...
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